As usual,
this situation arose because one unidentified crank allegedly complained
to the Freedom From Religion Foundation, who, as usual, threatened to
sue the school district unless it promptly erased these vestiges of Christianity.
Not wishing to be bankrupted by an atheist jihad, school officials “counseled”
the teacher to keep her religion to herself.

That’s
how they create an “inclusive” environment—by excluding
Christianity. That’s the only thing “inclusive” ever
means.

The
teacher is filing a lawsuit of her own, charging the school district with
singling out her viewpoint for discrimination. Which of course is exactly
what they did. After all, the same high school has a “gay-straight
alliance” dedicated to promoting homosexuality and exhorting teens
to try it. That point of view is perfectly acceptable to school officials.
They wouldn’t dream of “counseling” a teacher to take
down “gay pride” posters. And if a local church or Christian
group objected to any of it, the school officials would laugh in their
faces.

On and
on it goes, paid for by your taxes, kept in being by millions of parents
who just keep on sending their children to the public schools. These parents
will deny that they want their kids to learn that sodomy is good and Christianity
is bad. But who can believe them?

I suspect
most parents and grandparents, remembering their own school days, think
our current Hellfire Club curriculum is something very new. But actually
it’s very old.

In 1932
an influential professor of education, George Counts, published a pamphlet
called, “Dare the Schools Build a New Social Order?” Don’t
think for a minute that his answer was “no,” and never mind
that other question: “Who the blazes asked them to?” Here
are a few of his remarks.

“I
am prepared to defend the thesis that all education contains a large element
of imposition—“ never larger than it is now!—“that
in the very nature of the case this is inevitable, that the existence
and evolution of society depend upon it, that it is consequently eminently
desirable, and that the frank acceptance of this fact by the educators
is a major professional objective.”

Wow.
Steering the evolution of society is a big job. No wonder they get such
lavish pensions.

Counts
again: “Teachers are at the same time the loyal servants and the
spiritual leaders of the masses of the people… Above all, the teacher
is a bearer and creator of social values.”

Some
teachers are more spiritual leaders than others. That’s where the
Freedom From Religion Foundation comes in. The atheist bullies get to
decide what social values are to be transmitted—and created—by
teachers.

I really
like that part about being “creators of social values,” don’t
you? Educators never liked the idea of parents passing their social values
on to their children. I mean, what kind of values can you learn from “the
masses”? Boring! By imposing brand-new social values on the children
of the masses—like “gay rights,” for instance—teachers
really do become the spiritual leaders of society.

Mr.
Counts was just one among a legion of education theorizers who’ve
been preaching the same secular sermon since the 1850s. What’s going
on in public schools today is only what educators like Counts and John
Dewey have been cooking for a hundred years. It’s all about herding
the poor stupid masses in the right direction—toward collectivism,
uniformity (that’s what “diversity” means, in case you
didn’t know), and zombie-like obedience to their glorious leaders.
It’s about absolute rule by designated “experts.” This
toxic drivel goes all the way back to Plato, 2,500 years ago.

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All
of which means that, with centuries of momentum behind them, the experts
managing our public schools will not change course, they will not stop.
They will pursue to the gates of Hell their dream of creating a new social
ordered dominated by Godless idiots.

And
the gates of Hell is exactly where they’re going to end up.

Are
you sure you want your children going along for the ride?

(NOTE:
All quotes from George Counts are from The Messianic Character of
American Education, by R.J. Rushdoony, an indispensable resource
for anyone studying the history of public education. Rushdoony lets the
creators of public schooling speak for themselves, with damning results.)

Lee Duigon,
a contributing editor with the Chalcedon Foundation, is a former newspaper
reporter and editor, small businessman, teacher, and horror novelist.
He has been married to his wife, Patricia, for 34 years. See his new
fantasy/adventure novels, Bell Mountain and The Cellar Beneath the Cellar,
available on www.amazon.com